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Who Dey Revolution Manifesto

Preamble

IN THIS TIME of perpetual Cincinnati Bengals incompetence and futility, with zero playoff wins in the nineteen seasons since the WhoDeyRevolution Godfather, Paul Brown, passed away in 1991 and handed the team to his fortunate son, the Despot, Mike Brown;

Introduction

WE, the members of the Who Dey Revolution, in our fervent dedication to the Cincinnati Bengals and fanatical desire to transform our hometown team into perpetual Super Bowl contenders, call for a popular revolution of fans to demand comprehensive reform to the managerial decisions and approach of Cincinnati Bengals ownership, management, staff and players, and hereby call for the adoption of the following Who Dey Revolution Manifesto:

Manifesto Demands

THAT the Mike Brown, Katie Blackburn, Marvin Lewis, along with every other member of the Bengals management, staff and personnel, state publicly to all Bengals fans, “I will do everything in my power to help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl;”

THAT Mike Brown will hire a general manager, drastically expand the scouting department and relinquish all control of player personnel;

THAT all training, rehabilitation and medical facilities are considered best-in-class compared to other NFL teams;

THAT the management fill the team only with players who fit the system, both mentally and physically, and are not reluctant to makes changes to player personnel when needed, regardless of cost or loyalty concerns;

THAT offensive and defensive line depth is considered the top priority for all player personnel decisions;

THAT all decisions made by ownership, management, staff and players, both on and off the field, are judged only by this criterion: “Does this help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl?”

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November 25, 2009

Here are the 10 teams that run most often on first down: N.Y. Jets (72
percent), St. Louis (61), Tennessee (59), Cincinnati (59), Minnesota
(58), Cleveland (57), Carolina (57), Buffalo (56) and San Diego (56).

Let's run those down:

Jets - their quarterback is a rookie turnover machine

Rams - their best player, by far and away, is Steven Jackson and their offensive line can't pass protect

Titans - neither of their quarterbacks are built to sling it around the field and they have a dynamic weapon in the backfield in Chris Johnson

Bengals - Brat

Vikings - They have the second coming of Eric Dickerson at tailback

Browns - Lady Quinn and Derek Anderson

Panthers - Jake Delhomme might be shaving points and they have a stellar running back duo

Buffalo - Need I remind you about Crazy Legs Fitzpatrick's play from last year

Chargers - Norv Turner and some strange devotion to a washed up LdT. I can't explain this one either

Forgetting for a second that Easterbrook is a moron and only listed 9 teams, look at those. Other than the Chargers and Bengals, everyone on that list has a legit reason for being there. One of three things have to happen, A) their quarterback sucks, B) they have an elite running back or C) both.

I'm totally willing to admit I was wrong on Cedric Benson, but I think it's a big stretch to put him in the class of Peterson, Johnson, and Jackson. Benson's good, but he's not that good.

That begs the question. Why, exactly, are the Bengals running the ball nearly 60 percent of the time on first down? According to Football Outsiders, the Bengals pass offense ranks 7th in the league and the run offense ranks 13th. Interestingly enough, of the top 11 total offenses, 8 of them are ranked in the top 9 in passing. Take a look:

Team

Passing Offense Rank

Total Offense Rank

New England

1

1

San Diego

2

6

Indianapolis

3

2

Minnesota

4

7

Houston

5

9

New Orleans

6

3

Cincinnati

7

17

Arizona

8

8

Pittsburgh

9

11

Looking at that, you could certainly make the argument that Minnesota should throw the ball more along with San Diego and Cincinnati. Nobody is arguing that Brad Childress is a genius though.